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"UNITEVD'YKSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD EARL SENSENBACH AND GEORGE KURTZ KOCHER, JR., OF WHITE HAVEN,

PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT.

, i Application filed January I This invention relates to garments andparticularly to union under-garments or suits and has for an object toprovide an improved construction wherein by the design, the cloth cutaway for forming the legs may beused to formtlie gussets.

'Another object of the invention is to provide what is known as a unionunder-garment of substantially theusua l appearance but with the lowerand the upper part of the leg sections so designed and cut that the partremoved from the lower sections may be connected to the upper sectionsfor forming gussets.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a figurewith a garment embodying the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a partial rear view of the figure and garment shown in.Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a partial rear view of the lower part of the figure with oneof the legs bent showing certain features of the invention.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through the central part of thegarment shown in Figure 1, the same being on a somewhat enlarged scale.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the structure shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the garment immediately after the same hasbeen cut out.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the garment shown in Figure 1 with the partsspread out and the'cut-away portions of the legs removed,

Figure 8 is a plan view spread out of one of the cut-away portions ofthe lower part of the legs as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a sectional View through Figure 6, on line 9-9.

Heretofore in forming union garments of the character shown in theaccompanying drawings, it was customary to cut out the same from thedesired pattern and then out from a separate piece of cloth suitablegussets for enlarging and properly fitting the seat portion of thegarment. In the present structure, the use of goods from a separatepiece of cloth is not necessary and yet the same enlarged gussetstructure for the seat is provided.

As indicated in Figure 6,.the garment is made from a tubular piece ofgoods 1 and is slit at 2 and 3 for forming the two seat sections 4 and5. The garment is also cut at 23, 1925. Serial No. 4,283.

points 6 and 7 as well as slit at points 8 and 9 to form the upperpart.v The structure indicated from numbers 6 to 9 is old and well knownand, therefore, will not be particularly set forth. However, in formingthe leg sections 10 and 11, the cloth while still in the tubular form asshown-in Figure 6, is out along compoundcurve lines 12 and 13 whereby.sections 14. and 15 are provided,

said sections being, of course, double. When either of these sections isspread out, it will appear as shown in Figure 8. In forming the sectionas shown in Figure 8, a very small portion 16 is removed from each ofthe members 14 and 15.

In securing the parts together, the leg sections 10 and 11 are foldedand stitched together so that the edges 17 and 18 of each leg will beconnected together from the bottom to near the respective points 19 and20. Between the points 19 and 21 on each leg, the ends 22 of therespective sections 14 and 15 are secured by suitable lines of stitchingand then the adjacent edges of these sections are secured together by aline of stitching 23. The opposite edges of the respective sections 14and 15 are connected by lines of stitching 24 and 25 to the respectiveseat sections 4 and 5 as indicated particularly in Figures 2 and 3. Thiswill enlarge the seat section at the back and between the legs in orderto give the desired fit and fullness across the hips, It will also benoted that this arrangement of gusset does not interfere with the freeopening and closing of the seat section in the usual manner.

In forming the complete seat section, the body 1 is slit at 26 and 27 Itwill thus be noted that in forming a garment according to the presentinvention that not only are the two pieces 14 and 15 cut to shape fromthe legs 10 and 11 and afterwards joined together to make the gusset ofthe proper size and dimension to make a full size gusset but also incutting these two pieces from the leg by the particular desired showing,the proper amount of goods is left in the leg and also leaves it in theproper shape and size to be seamed.

What we claim is:

1. The method of constructing a union undergarment of the characterdescribed,

com rising taking a length of flattened tubu-- lar abric including abody and leg portions, cutting equal area and similar shaped taperedpieces from the opposite edges of the leg portions to form similargusset sections,-

portion to form two drop-seat sections, seW- ing the free edges of thesectional gusset to the inner edges of the drop-seat sections,

and into the inner leg openings, the gusset sections being symmetricallydisposed With respect to the vertical axis of the body.

2. The method of constructing a union undergarment of the characterdescribed from a length of tubular fabric, and including a body and pairof leg portions, comprising the cutting of tWo taperedgusset sections ofthe same dimensions and shape, the opposite edges of said sectionsdefining a compound curve and the bases a straight line, said gussetsections having a length substantially equal to the extent of the legs,sewing together the edges formed by cutting out the aforesaid gussetsections to constitute the legs, slitting the tube up the center of theback a predetermined distance and providing shorter parallel slits ateach side of the center slit, thenslitting the back across the upperends of all the parallel slits, to form drop-seat sections, insertingthe sectional gusset in the openingformedby the aforesaid slits' andseWing'the side edges thereof to the inner leg portions andthe edges ofthe drop-seat sections, to complete the dropseat, enlarge the garment atthe hip por-' tions and form a closed crotch.

" GEORGE KURTZ KOCHER, JR.

EDW'ARD EARL SENSENBACH.

